Raglan-Manu Bay surf break

Raglan-Manu Bay surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Raglan-Manu Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Raglan-Manu Bay sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Raglan-Manu Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Raglan-Manu Bay at 2AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Raglan-Manu Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)131414141413131313121212128871111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)506561569569545506491408402325397230472203181137157256251247292258229207
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
W
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
S
30
SSW
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10PM
2.61
9:39AM
2.85
10:03PM
2.76
10:26AM
2.99
10:48PM
2.88
11:08AM
3.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
0.62
3:26AM
0.52
3:53PM
0.42
4:15AM
0.32
4:39PM
0.25
4:58AM
0.18
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset-8:02-------8:00-------8:00------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1211--------------------
Temp. °C222018171615171919181616171514161817141211101315
Feels °C (?)2221181615151818171613131311912109866699
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